Nothing makes writers feel worse about ourselves than feeling, believing, knowing we should be writing but are not. We stare at the ceiling. We check Twitter. Then check again to make sure essential news has not broken in the last four minutes. We make excuses: we tell ourselves we cannot write when there is laundry to be done, or gums to be flossed, or files to be deleted from our drive
Chapter 44: In Praise of Procrastination
Chapter 44: In Praise of Procrastination
Chapter 44: In Praise of Procrastination
Nothing makes writers feel worse about ourselves than feeling, believing, knowing we should be writing but are not. We stare at the ceiling. We check Twitter. Then check again to make sure essential news has not broken in the last four minutes. We make excuses: we tell ourselves we cannot write when there is laundry to be done, or gums to be flossed, or files to be deleted from our drive